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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 27, 2022 C-5 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Source: www.history.com • Photo source: www.vox.com Wednesday, April 27 • Parliament passes the Tea Act (1773) • German forces enter Athens (1941) Thursday, April 28 • Benito Mussolini executed (1945) • Luxury car magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini is born (1916) Friday, April 29 • W WII monument opens in Washington, D.C. (2004) • Nixon announces release of White House Watergate tapes (1974) Saturday, April 30 • Adolf Hitler commits suicide (1945) • World Wide Web ( W W W ) launches in the public domain (1993) Sunday, May 1 • Empire State Building dedicat- ed (1931) • International Congress of Wom- en adopts resolutions on peace, women's suffrage (1915) Monday, May 2 • Loch Ness "Monster" sighted for the first time (1933) • Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. Forces (2011) Tuesday, May 3 • Three-year-old Madeleine Mc- Cann goes missing in Portugal (2007) • MADD founder's daughter killed by a drunk driver (1980) SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, April 25 and 29, 1947 Not Lawful to Net Fish in Riv- er Yet: In spite of the fact that the last legislature passed a bill permitting the netting of fish in the White River it is still not law- ful for any person to use nets. The law must be printed and distributed to all of the coun- ty clerks in the 92 counties of the state before it can be oper- ated under. The game warden for this area has warned that during this coming week a net raid will be held in the White River and all owners or oper- ators of the nets found will be subject to the full extent of the law. He is making every effort to warn the owners before the raid. Interesting Old Will on Re- cord: On record is a will of a Mr. Deen of Winslow, who died in 1852 leaving his estate to all widows living within 10 miles of Winslow. The estate has been paying a yearly sum to each wid- ow down through the years and still has several dollars on hand for such division. Betas Have Tea Party: A de- lightful spring tea at the home of Bonnie Kerr was enjoyed by Beta Sigma Phis, Sunday af- ternoon. The tea table was ex- quisite with lace cloth, candles and a centerpiece of spring flow- ers. President Marilou Baldwin poured. An out-of-town mem- ber, Margaret Stafford of Mi- ami, Fla. was present. Spon- sors Mable McLaughen and Fan C Rummer and the hostess were presented with lovely corsages. First Sewing Machine: In 1846 Elias Howe was granted first patent on a machine that actually sewed! A fter many set-backs, his invention made his fortune. Stop Bad Checks: For the third time in five months Flor- ence Engers, Chicago currency exchange expert, was responsi- ble for arrest of a suspected bo- gus check artist. In a photo she shows how she held her revolv- er on the last one, a husky bru- nette woman, at bay while police were called. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Vir- gil Whaley, of Evansville, a son, Jefferey David; To Mr. and Mrs. Ira Willis, a son, on Monday; To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hubbell, a daughter, on Saturday. Marriages: Betty Gladish and Orvic Bilderback were mar- ried on Saturday, April 12, at the home of the groom. Deaths: Della Mae Brittain, 74, of Pike County, died Tuesday at the home of her sister, Mrs. William Garland, near Otwell; Mrs. Ollie O'Neal, 73, of Oak- land City, she died Monday, at Gibson General hospital; Ar- nold Henke, 65, died Tuesday at his Stendal home; Margaret Dorsey, of Winslow, died Mon- day; Rosa Barning, 78, died Tuesday night at her home east of Pike ville; Homer C. Kent, 62, died Sunday at his home in Oak- land City, he was the grandfa- ther of County Recorder Rich- ard I. Bell. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Apr. 26, 1962 Easter Sunday brought trag- edy for two families in a head- on collision at a curve four miles west of Nashville, Illinois on route 460. Four persons were killed and five seriously injured. Killed instantly were Mrs. Roy- al (Lena) McCord, 54, of Ar- thur, and Stanley White, 68, of Ashley, Illinois. Mrs. McCord's son, Charles, 17, died at the St. Mary's hospital. Mr. White's wife, Minnie, 71, died on arriv- al at the hospital. In serious con- dition is Mr. Royal McCord, 59; Curtis White, 32, and Mrs. Cur- tis White, 32, and the couples two children, Terry 3, and Shar- ron 7. State Police stated that Mr. McCord was driving east bound and appeared that he had trouble negotiating the curve and lost control of the car. Cur- tis White was driving the west bound car. Both cars were de- molished. All three members of the McCord family were thrown from their car. Mrs. Jane Young was ap- pointed District Deputy of Dis- trict No. 2 of the Indiana Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star at the 88th annual session in Indianapolis Thursday, April 19. She is a past matron of the Winslow chapter and junior past mother advisor of Winslow as- sembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nolan, Jr., of Oakland City, a daughter, Sheila Mar- lene, Monday, at Welborn Bap- tist hospital. Marriages: Judith Sue Bee and James David Eifler were married Thursday, at Calvary Baptist church, in Boonville. Deaths: Mabel Selby, 67, was found dead at her Winslow home, Tuesday morning; Ed Corn, 71, died Wednesday in his sleep, at his home in Pikev- ille; Beulah Chesser, 65, of Evansville, died Saturday, at St. Mary's hospital; Anna Rad- cliff, 91, of Petersburg, died Sat- urday, at the Shady Grove Nurs- ing home; Genevee White, 52, of Union, widow of Louis White, died Friday, April 20, at the home of her sister, Mrs Made- lene White of Algiers. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Apr. 27, 1972 Three Winslow Elementary School fourth graders, as part of an ecology unit, prepared a terrarium in a display case. In- cluded in the terrarium was a live garden with radishes, corn and beans growing, a num- ber of flowering shrubs, living grass and a small pond inhabit- ed with live tadpoles. The girls made a picnic scene with dolls and a small picnic table built by a fourth grade boy. The stu- dents spent six weeks of the school year to work on a com- bined ecology unit. Clarence Steffy, 84, of Arthur, fell at his home Monday, April 17, when the ladder he was us- ing twisted causing him to lose his balance. The large bone in his right leg was broken in sev- eral places. Surgical attention was given at the Gibson Gener- al Hospital. The Press-Dispatch's church page has just received its fif- teenth award, its fourth "Dis- tinguished Service Award," from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Keister Adver- tising Service, Inc., prepares the "Support the church" series for this newspaper and for over 1,000 other newspapers in the United States and Canada. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Fuhrman, of Petersburg, a daughter; To Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ard Shoultz, of Petersburg, a son, Jarrod Alan, Friday, April 21; To SP4 and Mrs. Michael Bush, of Stendal, a son, Mi- chael Ralph Jr., Friday, April 14; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ei- lert, of Lynnville, a son, Grant Eugene, Tuesday, April 18; To SP5 and Mrs. Lloyd DeMotte, a son, Kenneth Wayne, Friday, April 21; To Mr. and Mrs. Ste- ven Bodkins, of Oakland City, a daughter, Ivy Nicole, Monday, April 3; To Mr. and Mrs. Silas W. Ashby, of Petersburg, a son, Brett Wayne, Saturday, April 22; To Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lee Wil- lis, of Indianapolis, a son, Curtis Lee Jr., Friday, April 21. Marriages: Cindy Rasche and Erwin Traylor were mar- ried, April 22 with a candlelight ceremony in the Otwell United Methodist Church; Velma Lor- raine Eads and David Lee South- wood were wed Saturday, April 15, at Winslow General Baptist Church; Bonita Sue Dent and Randall Lee Smith were wed; Dolly S. Bennett and Michael L. Melvin were wed. Deaths: Bess Snyder, 72, of Winslow, died Wednesday, Apr. 26, she and her husband remod- eled and operated her father's department store; Ida Louise Helsley, eight day old daugh- ter of John F. Helsley and Mrs. Nora Ann Cssidy Helsley, died Friday, at Deaconess hospi- tal; William "Bill" Noland, 60, of Winslow, died Sunday, April 23; Minnie Mary Morning, 85, of Petersburg, died Sunday, April 23; John O. Farris, 73, of Oakland City, died Thursday; Edith Heitz, 80, of Velpen, died Saturday, April 22; Billy G. Wyatt, 44, of Cincinnati, OH, formerly of Petersburg, died Wednesday, April 5, was a buy- er for the Kroger Company for 15 years; Fannie M. Traylor, 63, of the Iva community, died Sat- urday, April 22, was employed as a clerk for H. P. Watsons and Company in downtown Indi- anapolis for 18 years; Darrin Allen Sharp, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Sharp, died Thursday, April 20. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Apr. 24, 1997 Andrea Carter and Andy Froehle were winners in the pre- liminary round of the 16th an- nual 8th Congressional District High School Art Contest which was held earlier this month. Carter's and Froehle's art work will be among 10 winning en- tries which will be judged in the finalist competition on April 26, at the Red Geranium Restaurant in New Harmony. Sandy West celebrated the re-opening of her store Bal- loons Plus at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday morn- ing. West moved into the rear of the Spice of Life Bible Book Store at Eight and Main Sts. in Petersburg. She was joined with Trent Charles, Mary Charles, Betty Newton and Kevin Rob- inson for the ribbon cutting. Tom Rudolph, Nick Adams and Michael Stephens were the top winners at the annual FFA banquet. Adams received the Star Agribusiness award. Ste- phens was named the chapter's Star Farmer. Rudolph received the Star Greenhand award. Fifteen cub scouts and eight adults from troop 151 traveled to the Garden of the Gods in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois on Friday, April 11. The group set out on a five mile hike the next morning and cooked their meals along the trail. Births: To Scott and Julie Meyer, of Jonesville, S.C., a daughter, Makayla Christine, April 1; To Mr. and Mrs. Chris Whann, of Petersburg, a daugh- ter, Olivia Christian, March 21. Deaths: Helen Deffendoll, 88, of Winslow, died Saturday, Apr. 19, Amber Manor Care Center; Vidette Alene Jones, 48, of Washington, died Thursday, Apr. 17, Daviess County hospital Extended Care Unit; Dorothy A. Ham, 75, of Oakland City, died Wednesday, Apr. 2, at Wirth Re- gional hospital; Georgia Imo- gene Woods, 75, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, Apr. 9, at Me- morial hospital; Eldon W. Frye, 86, of Monroe City, died Satur- day, Apr. 19, at Daviess Coun- ty hospital. Petersburg Girls' Basketball Squad—1915 Petersburg girls had a basketball team in 1915. The team was composed of, front row, Beulah Helfenbein, Wyette Massey, Estella Robin- son, Olive Dick and Eloise Killion. In the second row were Florence Burlingame, Bernice Farmer, Eva Everetts, Esther Ruff, Showdy Ed- wards and Marjorie Orton. The third row consists of Ruth Morrison, Lelah Carpenter, Katherine Jones, Alleen Rice and Edna Bell, coach. Take care of yourself this Mother's Day with a SCREENING MAMMOGRAM Moms, you are so used to doing everything for those you love, but it is important to make sure you are taken care of as well. This Mother's Day, Good Samaritan's Breast Care Center is encouraging all moms to make their health a priority and schedule their mammogram. Schedule your screening mammogram today by calling 812-885-3353 or by going online to gshvin.org/breastcare. Walk-in hours are also available Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. in April and May. Financial assistance is available through the Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness Trust (IBCAT) grant. Please call the Breast Care Center at 812-885-3627 to see if you qualify. 520 S. Seventh Street Vincennes, IN 47591